Surface ornamentation



Feb. 9, 1932. J. J. WEBER E844,083

SURFACE ORNAMENTATION Filed Nov. 7, 1927 Patented Feb. 9, 1932 STT JOHN il'. WEBER, OF WILMETTE, ILLINOIS, ASSEGNOR T0 J. H. JOCHUM, JR., 0F CHICAGO ILLNOIS SURFACE ORNAMENTATION Application filed November 7, 1927. Serial No. 231,461.

T his invention relates in general to surface ornamentation and is specifically directed to an improved method of producing same as a coating or covering to a surface to produce a C product simulating marble, tile, stones, brick, and the like, and which coating or covering will protect the surface to which it is ap )lied and Will not peel or chip therefrom.

nother object of my invention is to pro- 13 vide an improved method of surface ornamentation wherein the successive steps of Work done will produce afinished ornate surface presenting to view two or more separate applications of colored composition, or por- 5 tions thereof with a line of contrasting color defining certain of said applications from other adjacent applications which have been successively applied during the production of same.

A further object is to provide an improved method of this character which will afford the production of such ornamentation at a comparatively low cost and which may be employed by the average person skilled in applying plastic materials to surfaces.

To the attainment of these ends and the accomplishment of other new and useful objects, as Will appear, the invention consists in substantially the method hereinafter described and claimed and generally illustrated in the accompanying dra-Wings, in which:

Figure l is a perspective View representing a portion of one of the finished products and showing a portion thereof sanded to present the ornate surface.

Figures 2 to 5, respectively, are sectional views illustrating different steps in the method of producing my invention.

Figure 6 is a perspective View of modified process, and Figures 7 to 10 inclusive illustrate cross sections of the several steps in the process of producing same.

Throughout the specification the method Will be described in connection With producing ornamentations in simulation of marble, but it is to be understood that this is not to be considered as a term of limitation or that the method is to be limited to this product, as the same method can be employed for producing an ornamentation in simulation of other articles or products.

In a. simple method of operation, the ornamentation is placed upon a supporting surface 10 which may be al Wall, a sheet of material, such as plaster board shown in the illus` trations, or any other surface which is to 'be coated. l

To this surface 10 there is applied a pastelike body 1l which lmay be of any suitable material of a semi-plastic or comparatively thick consistency such as a putty-like composition or thick paint and of any desirable color.

rlhis plastic composition also forms the base for all bodies or coatings of di'erent color so that all successively applied colors will readily form an integral or monolithic formation With the base or body 1l.

rllhe material or composition 11 of any suitable color is applied to the supporting object 10 in any suita of a troWel or brush, and in producing a simulation of marble, is preferably applied unevenly or irregularly throughout the area or surface, as shown in the cross section in F igure 2. .The material Which has thus been applied may then be further manipulated in any suitable manner, preferably by means of a stiff brush, dry sponge, or trovvel, so as to pull the material to roughen the same.

After the coat of composition 11 has become dry or nearly so, a contrasting coloring material l2, (see Figure 3,) preferably of some dark color, or colors, and preferably of the consistency of thick paint, is applied in any suitable manner, such as by means of a brush or the like, to the entire exposed area. The coloring material 12 may in this instance, be composed of the same basic composition as the body 11, except that this composition is made by an admixture of com aratively darker color or colors, such as black or other dark colors. if the rst coat ll be of a comparatively dark color, the thin coat l2 may be of any contrasting light color or colors.

l After the intermediate coating 12 has been applied, the product is then preferably allowed to dry. A third or top coat 13. of the le manner such as by means or is then applied over` the surface 12 and I troweled to a comparatively level surface.

Then the product is allowed to thoroughly dry, afterwhich the entire surface is sandpapered by hand, or in a suitable sanding machine to abrasively cut the material to a desirable plane, as shown in Figure 5, to present to View a cross section of the several colored compositions. It may be noted here that the thinintermediate coat 12will appear as a comparatively fine line or lines and in con-y trast from the other colored compositions, thus bringing out in contrast one stratum from the other.

The illustration in Figure 1 shows the greater part of the surface of the product sanded or abrasively cut downto a plane intersecting the several coats.

In my preferred method, shown in Figures 6 to 10 inclusive, I first determine the various colors which will be employed in the eXecution of a desired ornamentation and then prepare the base or body 11 in separate colored batches.

`Having prepared the basic composition 11 in these batches of various colors, the saine are then unevenly and irregularly applied to desirable areas or spots upon the surface 10, in any suitable manner, as by means of a stiff brush, trowel,.or suitable tool. A plan view thereof would appear as a modeled contour map with sections, areas or spots of different colors, and a cross section would appear as in Figure 7.

The material 11A, 11B, 11C, and 11D, which has thus been applied, may then be manipulated in any suitable manner, preferably by means of a stiff brush or a dry sponge or trowel, so as to pull the material to roughen the same.

After this operation, the roughened layer composed of sections 11A, 11B, 11C, and 11D of the colored basic composition may then be allowed to dry. Then the entire surface is covered with a comparatively thin coat of a contrasting or darker colored material or black paint or basic composition 12 as shown in Figure 8.

After the comparatively thin coating 12 has dried, or nearly dried, the entire surface maybe coated with a different colored composition 11 or with a plurality of differently colored compositions 11E, 11F, 11G, and 11H, as shown in Figure 9. These differently colored compositions 11E, 11F, 11G, and 11H being preferably of the same basic composition 11 and being applied in areas or spots to conform' to any desirable design or stratified formation. After thoroughly drying, the entire surface is sand-papered or abrasively cut down to a smoothened plane intersecting the various applications, as shown in the diagrammatic cross section in Figure 10.

The sand-papered ornate surface of the intermediate plane in either of the processes above'described may be polished in any suitablemannery and with any known polishing mediums. If it is desirable, the sanded sur- Iface may rst be treated with any suitable surface hardener, and then polished, or the product may be finished by varnishing and baking or in any other surface finishing process. With this invention it will be seen that the areas or spots of an underneath coating of materialwill be exposed alongside in the saine plane with the upper or outermost coat- \ing and will be encompassed by a clearly defined narrow dark border or striation formed by portions of the dark underneath coating of contrasting color which has been previously applied, and which is exposed to view in the `finished surface with the upper or outermost coating or layer of material. Furthermore, the exposed surface of the finished product Willbe i n the saine plane, and as the upper coating is of the same basic composition as the-lowermost stratum, an homogeneous or monolithic product will be formed of vthe same degree of hardness throughout substantially the entire area'thereof.

It will be apparent that the thickness of the various applications of the composition may be readily varied, likewise that the number of successive applications may also be varied and that the particular process herein disclosed and claimed may be carried out with any suitable material or composition.

It will be readily apparent thatthe method herein described may be applicable for the production of simulations of brick, stone, wood, logs or tiles, by substitution of suitable colors inthe basic composition which can then be modeled or formed into various desirable shapes or forms.

1. The method of producing surface ornamentation which consists in unevenly applying to a surface, material of a semi-plastic or comparatively thick consistency, then coating the entire surface with a coloring matter of contrasting color, then coating the exposed surface with the same basic material, then drying the product, then removing a portion of the last mentioned oating in any plane between the highest and lowest points of the intermediate coating to provide a flat surface throughout the entire area of the surface of the product and expose to view in said surface portions of said first and last mentioned coatings and said coat-ing of contrasting color, and finally treating the entire exposed surface of the coating material to a desired finish.

2. The method of producing surface ornamentation, which consists in unevenly applying to a surface, material of a semi-plastic or comparatively thick consistency, then coatmaterial but of a different color than said first mentioned application, then drying the prod-l uct, and then abrasively removing a portion 3. The method of producing surface ornamentation, which consists in unevenly applying to a surface, a basic material of a semiplastic or comparatively thick consistency, then manipulating the surface of said material to roughen the same, then coating the entire surface with a comparatively thin coat of material of a contrasting color, then allowing the same to dry, then coating the entire exposed surface with the same basic material but of a different color, and allowing the same to dry, then abrasively removing a portion of the last recited coating in any plane between the highest and lowest points of the intermediate coating and intersectingr said first i mentioned coating at various areas to provide a flat surface, and finally treating the exposed surface to a desired finish.

4. rlhe method of producing surface ornamentation, which consists in applying to a surface, a plurality of differently colored portions of a basic composition of a semi-plastic or comparatively thick consistency, then pulling the surface to roughen the same, then allowing the whole to dry, then coating the entire surface with a material of a comparatively darker color, then allowin said coating to dry, then coating the entire exposed surface with a colored coating of the same basic material, then by means of an abrasive removing portions of the last coating in any plane between the highest and lowest polnts of the intermediate coating and intersecting said first mentioned coating at different areas thereof to provide a fiat surface and exposlng to View portions in said surface of said dark colored intermediate coating, and finally treating the entire exposed surface to a de,- sired finish.

5. 'llhe method of producing surface ornamentation, which consists in applying to a surface, a plurality .of differently colored portions of a plastic substance, then coating the entire surface with a comparatively thin coat of material of a contrasting color, then applying a top coat over the entire surface of a plurality of differently colored portions of the first said plastic substance, then allowing the product to dry, then removing portions of said last mentioned coating in any plane between the highest and lowest points of the intermediate coating of said contrasting color to provide a fiat surface and expose to view in the said surface `portions or areas of lsaid first mentioned coating whereby portlonsof said intermediate thm coat of contrasting color will define certain colored areas from others, and finally polishing the entire exposed surface.

6. The method of producing surface ornamentation, which consists in applying to a surface, material of a semi-plastic` or comparatively thick consistency and manipulating said material to cause the exposed surface thereof to be irregular or undulated then covering the exposed4 surface with a coloring anatter of contrasting color, then coating the said surface with the same basic material, and then treating the last applied material to form a. dat surface throughout the entire area of the product in any plane between the highest and lowest points of the intermediate coat of contrasting color to cause portions of one of the underneath coatings of material to be exposed in the finished surface in separated areas and another underneath coating to be exposed in striations in said finished surface, su stantially the entire area of the finished surface of the product being of the same degree of hardness.

7. The method af applying surface ornamentation which consists in applying a plurality of di'erent colored compositions of the same basic material to the surface to be ornamented, said colored compositions being applied irregularly over said surface in varying or uneven thicknesses or areas to produce high portions and valleys, then allowing said compositions to dry, then applying an intermediate coat of comparatively dark coloring matter, then adding additional compositions of the same basic material to completely fill said valleys and cover the said high portions, and then treating the assembled mass in a manner to produce in the finished product in any plane between the highest and lowest points of said intermediate coat of dark coloring material a Hat exposed surface and in said surface a plurality of cross sections of said applied colored compositions together with said intermediate coat defining the composition preceding the application of said inter- \mediat'e coat from the compositions applied colored compositions, from other adjacent areas.

9. A surface ornamentation comprising a pluralit of strata of the saine composition but of iiferent coloring matter with a coating of contrastingcoloring matter therebetween, the` lower stratum having valleys completely filled by the upper stratum, the exposed surface of the product being fiat throughout substantially the entire area thereof in any desired plane between the highest and lowest points of the intermediate coating, the intermediate coating forming a comparatively fine line defining certain of the stratum from otherstratum in the finished face of the roduct, the coloring matter being distribute `in the strata in irregular areas to simulate natural marble formation.

10. A method of producing surface ornamentation which consists in successively applying a plurality of applications of differently colored quantities of the same basic composition to the surface to be ornamented, the lowest application having high portions and valleys, the upper portion completely filling said valleys and covering the high portions of the lowermost application, and then removing portions of said applications in any plane between the highest and lowest points of the lowermost application to provide a fiat surface throughout the entire area of the product with portions of the lowermost application exposed therein.

11. A method of producing surface ornamentation which consists in successively applying a plurality of application of differently colored quantities of the same basic composition .tothe surface to be ornamented, the lowest application having high portions and valleys, the upper portion completely filling said valleys and covering the high portions of the lowermost application, and then abrasively removing portions of said applications in any` plane between the highest and lowest points of the lowermost application y to provide a flat surface throughout the entire area of the product with portions of the lowermost application exposed therein.

12. A method of producing surface ornamentation which consists in applying a quantity of basic composition to the surface to be ornamented and forming in said composition valleys and high portions, then applying over said surface a coating of contrasting color,

then applying a top layer of material to completely fill said valleys and cover the high portions of the lower layer, and then cutting away thematerial in any plane between the highest and lowest points of said intermediate layer or coating of contrasting color.

13. A method of producing surface ornamentation which consists in coating the sur face to be ornamented with separate quantities of a basic composition of different colors arranged adjacent each-other and forming in saidcoating high portions and valleys, then applying to the surface thus formed a coating of contrasting color, then applying a top layer of basic material to entirely fill said valleys and cover the high portions of the lowermost coating, then removing the material in any plane -between the highest and lowest completely filling said valleys and covering the high portions of the lower la er, and then removing the material in any p ane between the highest and lowest points of the intermediate coating of contrasting color.

15. A surface ornamentation comprising a plurality of strata of composition of different colors distributed in varying thicknesses, the product having a substantially level surface formed by an intersection of said strata in any desired plane with respect to the thickness of the strata and extending in a general direction substantially parallel with said strata.

In witness whereof I affix my si ature. JOI-IN J. EBER. 

